unfaith
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of unfaith
First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English unfeith; un- 1 ( def. ) + faithful ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“Our interfaith voices, our unfaith voices, for the commonwealth that is our voice.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 1, 2018
But I can't quite make the leap of unfaith, as it were, and say, `This is it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strange horror and hope, strange faith and unfaith, were his boon and his bane: And the God of his trust was the wraith of the soul or the ghost of it slain.
From A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
I n Love, if Love be Love, if Love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne’er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all.
From Victorian Songs Lyrics of the Affections and Nature by Garrett, Edmund Henry
If you brought a wife and showed her to me I should be sorry for her, and still not believe in your unfaith.
From Lazarre by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell
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